Editing Louis IX of France (section)

== Later reign (1267–1270) ==

===Eighth Crusade and death===
[[File:Mort de Louis IX le Saint.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Death of Saint Louis: On 25 August 1270, Saint Louis dies in his tent, ornamented with royal symbols, near [[Tunis]]. Illuminated by [[Jean Fouquet]], ''[[Grandes Chroniques de France]]'' (1455–1460).]]

In a parliament held at Paris, 24 March 1267, Louis and his three sons "took the cross."<!-- Explain --> On hearing the reports of the missionaries, Louis resolved to land at [[Tunis]], and he ordered his younger brother, Charles of Anjou, to join him there. The crusaders, among whom was the English prince [[Edward Longshanks]], landed at [[Carthage]] 17 July 1270, but disease broke out in the camp.<ref name=brehier/>

Louis died at [[Tunis]] on 25 August 1270, during an epidemic of dysentery that swept through his army.{{Sfn|Magill|Aves|1998|p=606}}{{Sfn|Cross|Livingstone|2005|p=1004}}{{Sfn|Lock|2013|p=183}} According to European custom, his body was subjected to the process known as ''[[mos Teutonicus]]'' prior to most of his remains being returned to France.{{sfn|Westerhof|2008|p=79}} Louis was succeeded as King of France by his son, [[Philip III of France|Philip III]].

Louis's younger brother, [[Charles I of Naples]], preserved his heart and intestines, and conveyed them for burial in the [[Cathedral of Monreale]] near [[Palermo]].{{Sfn|Gaposchkin|2008|p=28}}

[[File:Royal MS 19 D I, fol. 227r.png|thumb|upright=1.3|Louis's body returning, from a copy of the crusade treatise ''[[Directorium ad passagium]]'']]

Louis's bones were carried overland in a lengthy processional across Sicily, Italy, the Alps, and France, until they were interred in the royal necropolis at [[Saint Denis Basilica|Saint-Denis]] in May 1271.{{Sfn|Gaposchkin|2008|pp=28–29}} Charles and Philip III later dispersed a number of [[relic]]s to promote Louis's veneration.{{Sfn|Gaposchkin|2008|pp=28–30, 76}}